# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eugene-albert
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:53:35.271Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eugene-albert"
name: "Eugène Albert"
slug: "eugene-albert"
description: "Eugène Albert was a Belgian woodwind instrument maker, primarily known for his clarinets, based in Brussels. His work started around 1839, and his sons, Jean-Baptiste (1845–99), Jacques (1849–1918), and E.J. Albert, continued making clarinets until the end of the World War I. The model of clarinet he made is still widely known, especially in the U.S., as the \"Albert system\", although this model is basically the same as Iwan Müller's 13-key instrument, with the addition of some improvements inspired in his tutor, Adolphe Sax. Sax was the first to use ring keys on the clarinet. In 1840 he made an improvement in Iwan Müller's 13-key clarinet, adding two rings, or brille (glasses), to the lower joint. This resulted in the 13 keys / 2 rings clarinet. In the same year, Albert, based on Müller modifications and Adolphe Sax's rings created a new keywork system, adding more two rings to the upper joint, resulting in a 13 keys / 4 rings clarinet. His instruments are reported have had \"better tone and intonation than Boehm models of the time\"."
tagline: "Woodwind instrument maker (1816-1890)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1816-04-26"
deathDate: "1890-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Albert"
    title: "Eugène Albert"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "يوجين البرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Albert"
    title: "Eugène Albert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Albert"
    title: "Eugène Albert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Albert"
    title: "Eugène Albert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88_(%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC)"
    title: "アルバート (クラリネットメーカー)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Albert"
    title: "Eugène Albert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2669362"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump